Pronounced: SHAHT-kuhn, noun
Notes: Not a word I knew, but some people may know it
Yesterday’s word
The word presentiment is “a feeling that something will or is about to happen; premonition”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1700s
Background / Comments
I should have been able to get very close, as the word is a combination of pre- (before) and sentiment (feeling; emotion). Our word actually came from the French word pressentiment, but that came from the Latin word sentire (to feel). Note — the prefix pre- also came from Latin.
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